TEACHING EXPOSITORY WRITING TO THE 4TH YEAR STUDENTS OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The observation of the students needs is of overwhelming importance in course planning, as well as the differentiation between what the student needs to do in the target situation and what the student needs to do in order to learn; at the time of carrying out the teaching –learning process in the target language. It is a necessity for the 4th year students of Villa Clara Medical University to improve their writing ability, and the understanding of scientific articles, referral letters, case reports and others which are proper demands in the target language. This work is a part of a research project where it was put into practice a practical procedure which covers two stages in order to fulfill a general objective that is to bring the medical student forward in all dimensions of language proficiency and as a specific goal -to improve the student´s proficiency in the writing of materials which are proper of the medical area.